It’s pretty soft and unfortunately I blew a shoe and tomahawked. “I just let ‘em go a little too much at the end there. “I guess I’ve still got the heat but my legs and my belly can’t keep up apparently,” said Dixon, laughing.
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Looking like he might be set to challenge Rey’s time, Olympian Robbie Dixon (CAN) came storming toward the line, only to blow out in a full yard sale three gates from the finish. While the gnarliness of the top section is what the event is renowned and named for, it was those last few gates that may have been the deciding factor in today’s race. “That last pitch was pretty tough on the old legs, but a couple more left/rights and you’re at the finish line.” Rey, a Whistler local and former member of the BC Ski Team, now known more for backflips than gate busting, said he entered the pain cave right after exiting the Couloir. Spectators were treated to a symphony of groans and primal screams as the 159 competitors made their way through the final gates. Photo: Mitch Wintonīilled as the steepest ski race in the world, the 41 gates of the course descend 638 meters, at times at a 42 degree angle, over 3300 meters from the top of the Saudan Couloir to the bottom of Jersey Cream on Blackcomb Mountain.Īpproached in the finish corral, Rey asked: “What do you want to know? How much my legs hurt or how much my legs hurt? Because my legs hurt. Préfontaine drops into the Saudan Couloir. I’ve never had that bad of a leg burn at the bottom.” I could feel my legs still, so that was good. “I was most worried about the top part but it ended up being super fun.
“That was the most fun race I’ve done, ever,” said the two-time Olympian.
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She bested the Pro Women’s field, crossing the finish line in 2.24.46. The encounter may have been her lucky charm. “I met him before my race and then it was like ‘OK, let’s go!’” said Préfontaine. Saudan made the trip from his home in Chamonix, France to take in the race and and has spent the past five days amidst the WSSF festivities, shaking hands and signing autographs for hordes of fans, a group Marie-Pier Préfontaine is proud to call herself a part of. It was so cool to have Sylvain at the top,” Rey said of rubbing shoulders with Sylvain Saudan, nicknamed the ‘skier of the impossible,’ for whom the double-black run at the start of the race is named. “I used to watch this race when I was a kid growing up here and I thought it was such a cool event but I was never old enough to race, so when they brought it back it was a no-brainer to enter it. Dropping in third in the Pro Men’s category, the 29-year-old laid down a thigh-burning time of 2.16.36. Stan Rey (CAN) will now have his name etched on the Saudan Couloir trophy alongside names like Chris Kent (who won the first race in 1987, then again in 19) and ski legend Rob Boyd (who won in 1999). The Saudan Couloir Ski Race Extreme presented by Kokanee was brought back to life after a 15-year hiatus, welcoming to the hill a roster of pros, Olympians, racers, and icons, and ushering in a new generation of champions. A legend returned to Whistler today at the World Ski & Snowboard Festival (WSSF).
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